Basket-machine.



I No. 877,891. PATBNTED JAN. 28;"19o8. B. HORTON.

BASKET MACHINE. APPLICATION FEED-$313115, 1898.

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No. 877,891. v PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

E. HORTON.

BA$KET MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1898.

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PATENTED JAN. 28, 19,08.

No. 877,891. E. HORTON.

BASKET MACHINE. PPL UATION r1 1) E .1 ,1 9s. A I LE 8 PT 5 8 BSEEETS-SHEET 4.

No. 877,891. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

B HORTON BASKET MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED $EPT.15, 1898.

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/NVENTO/? To @z-z whom it may concern:-

. of which j UNITED sTA Es PATENT OFFICE.

EMMET HORTON, o'F ELMIRA, NEW YORK, QASSIGNO-R TO HORTON BASKET MACHINE I .OOMPANY or wnsr VIRGINIA.

BASKET-MACHINE.

vBe it known that I, EMMET 'HORTON, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung' and State of New York, have Invented certain new and useful Improvements in Basket-Makin Machines,

the following is a spec' cation. My invention relates particularly to ma- I chines for making baskets of wood veneer in which sheets of veneer are bent, and secured b means of bands which encircle the upper edges of the bent sheets.

The primary object of my present invention is to produce a machine for making baskets of this class by automatic mechanism so organized and arranged asto cut the blanks for the basket from sheets of veneer, feed them forward to blank bending devices, which bend them int'o'f orm and whichcooperate with band-applying mechanism that binds the upper edges of the blanks and completes the basket.

In carr ing out my invention in the way now best lznown to me, I- provide mechanism for feeding long strips or sheets of veneer to a cutter which severs the sheets into blanks of 5 suitable size and shape to form the basket. Theshaped blanks pass from'the cutter to transferring devices whichcarry them to mechanism that bends and'forms the blanks into final shape. I I

The transferring devices are so constructed v and operated asto arrange two blanks cross- Wise or at right angles to each other between a form and a former before the latter are brought into operation. The blank-bending mechanism comprises a series of sets of forms plied the former recedes from the form and and formers mounted-t0 move bodily about a common axis, while each form atthe same time has an independent rotary' movement about its own axis. When a pair of blanks is fed to a set of bending devices the form and former are separated, but immediately thereafter the former rises and presses the blanks around the form. After the bands have been .ap-

an expeller is operated which ejects the com blanks before the pleted basket. I

1 The band-feeding and'applying devices at the proper time applya band to the form before the blanks have been bent and also another band about the upper edges ofthe completed basket is expelled or a single band may be used which is first applied around the form before the ve- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 15' 1898- Srial N0. 691L030 neer blanks are bent and then wrapped around the veneer blanks after they are bent. Any suitable nailing devices may 1 be employed to secure the bands in place. The

mechanism is all driven from a common power shaft, and all the operations are continuous, it being necessary only for an attendant to feed sheets of veneer to the blank feeding table and to supply a-- bundle of bands from time to time to the band receptacle.

While I have stated the primary object of my invention to be tomake baskets b ,automatic mechanism, my claims are not imited to mechanism wholly automatic. Some parts of the mechanism may be used without the others, and in machines diflering from that in which I have shown them embodied.

Thus," the mechanism for feeding the blanks may be used independently of the particular mechanism shown for forming the baskets,

' -.PatentedJ'an.28, 1908.

and the mechanism forforming the baskets and for applying thebands may be used with other forms of feeding mechanism. The details of construction inthe feeding, forming, and band-applying mechanism may be considerably varied, the machine shown and de-- scribed being simply one way of embodying my improvements.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a basket-making'machine embodying my improvements,

portions of the mechanism being shown in vertical section, and some of theparts being broken away themore clearly to illustrate other parts; Fig. 2 represents a plan of the machine, some of the parts being shown In section; Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the machine looking from the front end thereof backwards, some .of the mechanism being omitted as this figure is mainly designed to re resent the cutter andthe mechanism whic operates it; Fig. 4 1s a deta1l view in longitudinal vertical section designed to illustrate particularly the mechanism for feeding and cutting the blanks and for transferring them from the feed table to the bending mechanism; Fig. 5 is a detail View In perspective designed to illustrate partlcularly the construction of the delivery end of the feed table andthe devices for transferring the blanks from the feed table to the bending mechanism; Fig. 6 is a View in perspectlve and on an enlarged scale, showing particularly. the construction and illustratmgthe operation of the band-feeding mechanism;

carrying the several sets of bending devices which are employed;-Fig. 8 is a view in pervspectiveof a portion ofthe column which supports the rotary drum or frame carrying the bending mechanism this figure also shows the lifting rod which operates to lift the formers and part of the mechanism which operates this rod; Fig-9 is a detail view in section on the line 'y of Fig; 6; it shows particularly a guide-way for the bands secured to one of' the forms or upper shaping dies; Fig. 11) is a perspective view of the basket made by the machine ,Fig. 11 is a view in perspective of a portion of the column which supports the rotary drum or frame carrying the bending mechanism; this figure also shows the lifting rod which operates to lift the formers and part of the mechanism which operates the rod. It also shows a ball-way, inwhich -ahtifriction balls are arranged tosupport the rotary drum or frames carrying the bending mechanism. Fig. 12 is aperspective view of the slide, pinion and part of its connections which operate the mechanism for feeding the veneer blanks; Fig. 13 is a pers ective view' of the opposite side of the s 'de. pinion; Fig. 14 is a detaillplan view onan enlarged scale of the band tension arm orguide; it'

shows also the. manner of attaching the arm to one of the arms of thefra'me which carries the bending mechanism; Fig. 15 is a detail view in side elevation .of the same; Fig.

16 is a detail plan view of the'tr'ansferring of the standard, B, and

frame which conveys the lower blanks from the feed table to the bending devicesyFig. 17 is a side elevation of the same.

A sta'ndard,B, mounted on a base plate or bed,'A, is provided with bearings, B, for the main'driving shaft, (1, which carries at one end a belt-pulley, b, and'at its opposite end a pinion, c. The standard, B, is also provided with bearings for one end of a longitudinal shaft, 1, the opposite end of which is journaled in bearings, a, 'ust in front of thecolumn, 9, which supports the frame of the bending devices." A beveled slide pinion, d, is secured to the endof the shaft, 1, in front a wheel, 2, with a cam groove, ,2 is securedto'the shaft, 1, in

,rear of the standard. A blank supporting and feeding table,-

6, is*supported on'Y-' shaped standards, E, on opposite sides of the machine, and this table is provided with vertical flanges or sides, 26, between which sheets of veneer are fed to a knife, 3, which cuts them into pro er length for and forms.

the baskets. The *nife, 3, is attached to a vertically reci rocating cross-head, 7, bolted. to vertical r0 s, 5, which slide 1n brackets,

and below the shaft,}'m.. On the leftend of the shaft, '21, is secured a crank wheel, 5

shaft, 23, gives an osc -give a one-half revolution to the pinion, and this plnion is preventedfrom turnlng 9 '9 on the bed plate, A. The rods, 5, are secured below the table to 'a cross-bar, 4, provided with a stud, -e, carrying a roller, f

which projects into the cam groove, 2, of the the cam wheel is revolved by wheel, 2. As the shaft, 1,, the knife, 3, is reciprocated vertically at proper times to cut the blanks from the sheets of veneer.

, The blanks are indicated in the drawings 7 5 by letters, X and Y, The knife operates over and into an opening, 71., in the table, immediately beneath it and those portions of the veneer which are severed from the blanks pass out through this opening. A large I maincam and ear wheel, 8, is mounted on a transverse sha t,'m, having bearings 1n the standards, E, and is provided with a circular unbroken series of teeth, 8, meshing with the pinion, shaft, a. Thiswheel is continuously driven in the direction indicated by the arrow and gives motion to the different parts of the mechanism, as' wi'll be'further' on explained.

A beveled series of teeth, '21, on the inner side of the wheel, 8, meshes with the slide pinion, d, on the front end of the shaft, 1, and glves motion at the proper times to said pinion and I the pinion, d,'except at the roper times, is prevented by a fian'ge, d",'f

shaft. Rotation of on t e Wheel, 8, which engages at times with one of the straight edges, (1 of the headed end of the pinion, observed, extend only part-wa wheel, 8. Two series of teet around the;

2 1', mountedin bearings just above the bed pinion, 19, 'on a shaft, onthe standards, E,

and

b, provided with a crank connected a pitman, 22, t

in, 0, to whlchls at is also jointed at itsopposite end to a crank arm, 22, se-

cured to the lower end of a vertical shaft, 23

mounted ina lower bearing, 36 rising from Y the bed plate and 1 an upper bearing, '36, formed on an arm, 36, projecting from the column, 9.

An oscillating movement through the arc lndicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 is given to 5 the arm, 22*, by the llpitman, 22,-and'the f ating movement to a frame, 24, which is adapted to receive the lower blanks from the feed table and transfer them to the bending devices. This frame 2 24, comprises an arm, 24',a transverseplate," 29, having a'rearwardly projecting exten sion, 24, and upwardly projecting flanges, r. The teeth, a, on the wheel, 8, areadapted to pinion The upper blanks are fed to theiso located respectively on the table, 6, and

c, on the end of the main power 85 d. The teeth, 1 '.,-it will be 7 F1 1'00 .wheel, 8,. are. adaptedto mesh'with a slide plate knife or cutter-,3, operates sliding through an arc of 90 and will feed the lower,

7 suitable mechanism feeding the sheets the table, 6, and also. pressure wheels, N, rigidly secured to ashaft, N,

' tion the latch and stud donot bind the it is also connected with a bending mechanismfby means of horizontally bars, 27, arranged on opposite sides of the table, 6, outside the flanges, 2 6. These bars have headed rear ends; 27', which are providedwith plates, 27, on their lower ends which projectinwardly towards each other and which are adapted-to support and carry the upper blank. The plates are arranged a little above the planeof the table, ermitting the lower blanks to pass beneath -t em, while the upper blanks are fed to them by means of. stationary wedge-shaped pieces, 29, attached, to the table just in front of the plates and in rear of the cutting mechaniem. 'A'll11k 01" pitman, 25, is jointed to the frame, 24, and also to a cross-bar, 6, arranged beneath the table, 6, and provided-with flanges, 6*, see. cured to the bars, 27. The organization is such that as the vertical shaft, 23, is oscillated the transferring frame, 24, will be moved the blank, X, into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 ,that is to say, 'with'its longitudinal axis in line with the longitudinal axis of the table. The bars, 2?, however, move, back and forth in straight lines longitudinally of the table and feed the upperjblank, Y, without turning it and deliver it in the position indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The mechanism is so "arrangedthat the while the transferring mechanism is at rest. 1 After the blanks are severed and fed to the are the

tionary and the blanksare fed to the bending mechanism while the latter is stationary, the

transferring devices by the formers, 11, which may beemployedfor of veneer towards the cutter and to the transferring devices.

I have shown. an upper" ressure roller, M, mounted in bearings in t e-flanges, 26, of'

, mounted in' bear ngs in hangers, N depending from the table'- On one end of the shaft, N, is secured a flanged wheel,- 33,'and acrank arm, N The crank arm carries alatch, n and a stud or'pin, 34. Thetu'd is arranged on one side of the flang e of. the wheel, 33,-while the latch is arranged-on the opposite'sidem When the crank arm is in its-rearmostfipo'sian e but when the crankarm has moved forwar d, the latch and stud bind the flange andthus give motion to the-wheels, N, and thus feed the material to the cutter. A pitman, 35, is secured to the end of the crank arm,-34, and disk, .30, secured to a short shaft, 3,: mounted inabearings just below the table. I A pinion, 30 is secured to the rear side of thedisk, as shown particularly in Fig. 13. p In its ifrontface the the disk is hich is undercut as shown and receives the t and on this osition of the cran e adjusted. A' plate, T secured to the pinion, 30 or'to the shaft, 8, the disk, '30, pinion, 30 and plate, T -rigidly connected together surface, t, which engages a on the cam and gear' sides of the teeth 1?, i such that when the teeth on the pinion, 30

'plate, T W'l prevent the pinion'from turning, but when intermittent one, and material is fed forward to a sufficient extent to supply each time enough material to form two-blanks.

provided with a transverse groove, t,

headed end of a bolt or crank pin, 31'. Y crank in is provided with a sliding collar,

sleeve, t fits over the with a screw-threaded end, t. A 6

end'of the pin between collar, t and the screw-threaded end,

and holds the parts in positon. loosening and ti htening the nut, t, the pin in the slot, it, may

being'in fact all 30 with the shaft, with a grooved track or rail, 5, Wheel, 8, on opposite the arrangementbeing g5 This plate is formed agementwit h the teeth, t the not in en engage with the rail, t and pinion, 30 engages the teeth, .25 the plate, T is free to revolve in thes ace between" theends' of the rail. The '0 ject of this arrangement is/ to prevent the feed rollers from operating when actuated to feed the blanks.

A suflicient number of in the segment, t at such time and s not positively e5 teeth are prqvided to rotate the pinion, 30

ed as to properly oper' the feed-wheel e, N. The action is an he column, 9, 'mounted on the rear end the-bed-plate is hollow and is provided with a balLway, ,9, in which antifriction"'105 balls or rollers, 9 are arranged to support a cylindrical frame, bending mechanism This frame, C, is shown as formed flanged portion, 0'; from which project later.-

ally upper and lower arms, D,- D5, In the present in'stance I have. shown six up er rad1alarms,-D, anda corresponding num' er of radial arms, D neath the corresponding upper arms. Around C, which carries the blank with a central cylindrical arranged directly be- K lower arms-D ,lS-SQCIII'GEL an annular,

rack, 13, havin bevel teeththat gear with a bevel pinion, %i, f means rotary motion is givento the frame, C, l and this motion inasmuch as'the'shaft, 1, to which the pinion, K, is secured is driven by the pinion, d, that meshes with the cam and gear wheel, 8.

.are' provided with bearings, J, for vertically sliding rods,

on the shaft, 1. By this is an intermittent 1 one,

mutilated teeth, '3, V on the The lower \arms, I

p 1', that carry the formers, Each of these rods,"j, is provided w1th a feather, 56, sliding vertically in a slot, in the bearing, rods,

J, by whicharrangement the are allewed sleeve fits the eye, 35 ,of'the. Y pitman, 35; the, nut, '.t",-sc'rews onto the thread, t,

to reciprocate vertically 35 length as to periodically L 55 thes a and but are revented from rotating, when depressed, ut are permitted'ito rotate when elevated. I

The column, 9 ,is provided with a track, l2, of the form shown in Fig. 8, on which the lower ends of the rods, 9', rest. The major portion of the track, 12, is'straight and'at such an elevation as to hold thef0rmers,1 1, at. the limit of; their upward movement so as to 10 surround theforms, 10;.- Theforms and formers actas dies to shape the baskets. The

cut-away or depressed portion, 12, of the track is about twosixths of the circumference of.th column, and when the rods, 1', 15 rest on thisportion of the track, the formers,

11, are withdrawn from the forms; as indicated on the left-hand side of the column in Fig. 1. 'A shoulder, 12. is produced where the cut-away portion, 12, oins the upper portion of the track at the left-hand side of the machine, and close to this shoulder is a vertically sliding lift rod. 14, which is mount.- ed to move in a hole in the column, 9, in'the' central longitudinal axis of the machine.

25. This rod,.14, is eriodically raisedand lowered by means 0 alever, 15, secured to arod, 16, and extending through an opening, 150, in the column, 9. The rod, 16, is mounted at one end in bearings, 16 on the-column, 9,

and near its 0 posite end inbearings, b in the standard, At its extreme front end it carries ah arm, 17, that bears against a cam track, 18, on the cam and gear wheel, 8. This cam track is so formed and is ofsuch and at proper times 17, to turn the rod, roper motion to the rod, 14.

' The function 0 th1s rod is to raise the rods, j, from the lowerportio'n, 12?, of the track, 12,

40 t0 the up er portion thereof, and while thus I I raising t e rods, 3', the formers, 1 1, are-- raised, take the blanks from the transferring devices and bend them around the forms, 1.0, immediately after which the rods, 7', pass on operate upon the arm, 16, and give to the upper portion of the track, 12, and are.

held there while the series of bending devices "are revolved in the manner hereinafter de-- scribed. t

- A cam and gear wheel, 37, is rigidly secured to the column, 9 It is, therefore, stationary, while the frame, 0, revolves.

' This cam and gear wheel is provided on its eriphery with a series of sets of teeth, 11 and w, the setgwf, being greater in number than between the sets of teeth are 'a series of curved guide-ways, wt Each form, P10, is provided with a hol ow u per ortion, 10 into which projects a ho low oss, 10*, depending from the corresponding D.. Through the bore ofthis boss pro- -jects a'hol ow shank, 10, formed on and extending upwardly from the form, 10, and has within it a rod, 43 on the lower end of which is a disk, 43", normally fittin a circular recess, 43, in the bottom of t e form. The

through the column, 9,

above the bed stop plate, .40.

'37, and the pinions,

earned by an arm,

upper end ofthe rod, 43 has a knob, 43, rig-idly secured to it and between this knob and a bushing, 43 just above the recess, 43, is interposed a spiral s ring, 43, which normallyvholds the disk e evated within its recess. iThis disk acts as an ejector for the completed basket, as will be hereinafter described.

The upper end of the bore of the shank, 10, is flared a little, adaptfiig it readily to receive a plun er .rod, 47, depending from a horizontal lever, 47, secured to a rod, 47, pivoted in standards, 47, rising from the column, 9, or rather from the cam and gear wheel, 37. Between its pivots and the plunger/Prod, 47, the lever, 47, is pivotally connectedwith the upper end of the rod, 46,

which extends vertically and centrally being guided near its upper .end in a guide block, 46, and at its lower end in a guide, 46*, on the bed plate. The lower end of this shaft is provided with a vertical series of teeth, 46, which mesh with a pinion, 45, on a horizontal shaft, 45, just plate and mounted at one endin a bearing, 45', on the bed plate, and at its opposite end in'bearings in the column, 9. The shaft extends through the column and at its outer end carries a bevel pinion, 44, meshing with a segment of' teeth, 44*, on the shaft, 23. The arrangement is such that when the shaft, 23, is oscillated, it operates the shaft, 45, and rod, 46, and consequently the lever, 47, which gives movement to the plunger, 47, that actuates the ejectors and certain other mechanism hereinafter described. Each shank, 10, has rigidly secured to it at its upper end a pinion, 39, and a Each pinion carries an unbroken series of teeth and each plate, 40, is of ,a general rectangular form but'its four sides are'slightly curved, as indicated, to fit the guide-ways,- w on cam" and gearwlieel, 37.

When the frame, C, is revolved the pinions at times engage with the teeth, w and'w' on the wheel, 37, and when so engaged are rotated. The plates, 40, also rotate at this time, being plermitted so to do by recesses, 40, cut in t over the {teeth, but when'the pinions are out of gear with the teeth, w and 'w, the plates fit the ide-ways, w, on the wheel,

and consequently, the forms, 10, are prevented from rotating about their bosses, 10 The bands, Z, which secure together the blanks, X and Y, at their upper ends, are

52, extending laterally from the stationary wheel, 37 A shaft, 53, is arranged in the reservoir and carries a spirally arranged screw, 53*, adapted to enter between the bands, Z, and feed them one the periphery of the held in the. reservoir, R,

at a time from the reservoir through a slot or I teeth, 49, of a rack bar,

at the proper time, while the'reservoir, R

. it moves the frame, 55,

on one end a pinion, 49, meshing with the a 5, depending from the lever,147. The rack bar is provided with a vertical slot' toreceive the end, 53 on the 5 shaft; 53. This end of the shaft is flattened ,on opposite sides and is adapted to'move freely up and down inthe wider portion, 100, of the slot. It is also free to move freel up and down in the narrow portion, 101, of the 10 slbt when its .flattened' sides are arranged vertically, but the shaft cannot revolve in this portionof the slot ,therefor'e therotation, ofthe shaft, 53, and the screw, 53, is stopped the rack bar, 55, 15"continues to move downward with the lever, a 47, which further downward movement operates the plunger, 48, to force the band throughthe slot, 53, into the holdingdevice, 80. A guide, 102, .is provided on the end of for the rack bar, 55. Fig. 6 does not show the bottom" of the rack bar nor the top thereof. The slot is, of course, closed at opposite ends of this' bar.

- As the lever, 47, isre'ciprocated vertically up and down, and gives a rotary movement to the shaft, 53. When moving in one direction theshaft 53, is -o erate dto cause the spiral blade, 53 to feed for'wardone band, Z. When the shaft revolves in the opposite direction the blade is moved, backwardlyinpositiori to engage another band to be fed forward whenthe shaft is reversed; The blade, 53?, feeds the bands to the slot, 53, and;the bands are ejected from the slotby means of-a lunger, v 48, attached to the lever, 47. A ollower, 75, is pivoted to the arm, 52, above the bands, Z,'.and at-its lower end, 75*, bears against the bands. The upper end'of the 4'0 follower islweighted at 75*, and this end is bent back out of line with the pivot, 75?, so that the end, 75, will be kept always pressed against the bands. The follower may be turned back at any time to permit the attend,- ant to place a new supply of bands in the reservoir. s V A hook or band-holding device, 80; is secured. to one side of each form, '10. The. bands are delivered, one at a time, intothis holding device bythe 'lunger, 48, as indi- 'fiand-holder projects cated lnFig. 6. I The a little above the top of the form, 10, andits upejr edges ai e slightly flared, as most .0 earlyshown inFig. 1, to facilitate the en- 5 5 tranceof ,the band w hlch is delivered from above, as "indicated in Fig. 6. Each form is also provided with aneccentrically pivoted dog,"50, one end, 51, of which projects 1 through an opening,,50 in theside of the form,- ahd its other end is 'ressed inwardly by a spiral spring, 50 which causes the end, 51,. of the dog to extend through the slot,

'; i 50f. face, 50,of the dog is roughened or serrated, adapt g it-to engage and hold 55 the band, Z, in the holder, 80., The top edge securely by the rou resisted by clamp the band to prevent its with a Short, inward downwardly from the statio -41, is swung outwardly and the nailingjdevices. carries a series of rows of vertical In order to control the operation of the coupling the band pulley, The pulley, b, is loose on of the end, 51, (5f, the dog is slightly beveled .awayfas shown in Fi 9, so that as the band is fed in tothe holder the dog will be moved back against the force of the spring, 50 and the band will then move into place; After reachingits proper position it will be held ghened end of the dog.- dinal strain on the bandwill be the dog, which will turn and dislodgment.

whatl call a Any 'lon' gitu 5 .Each form is provided with 7 band-tension arm or guide, 41. Each arm is pivoted at 41v to an arm, D, and it is provided a ly projecting portion, 41 and a long, curved, outwardly projecting portion, 41. This arm is curved part-way around the form, and is also inclined downwardly, as illustrated in Fig.1. Its lower end .is'forked at 90, and carries a roller, 91. The bifurcated end of the arniis adapted to engage a band as it is delivered voir and to hold it while being wrapped around the form. The arms are carried around with the forms as they revolve about the central axis of the column, 9, and once in each revolution the. arms are tipped and moved by means of a stud, 42, which extends I nary gear, 37.

end of the arm, away from the corner of the form in position to receive a from the reser- When thus moved the roller band from the reservoir. After passing the stud, 4-2, the arm moves back into place and holds. the band whilethe form is being revolved. A spring, 92,- is employed for returning each wrapping arm to its normalpo sition. 1 An adjustable stop, 93, may be em- A ployed for limiting the movement of the arm,

41. This is shown in Figs. 14 and 15, and

consists merely of a screw-threaded rod having a lateral projection, e, engaging the end, 41 of the arm. q

Any suitablenailmg mechanism may be loyed. I have not illustrated the deofconstruction of any nailing mechanism, but-have only indicated part of the mechanism which may be used for operating The vertical rod, 46,

ly arranged teeth 64, which mesh with teeth on seg- 5 ments, 62, pivoted on the upper end of the column, 9. These segments are connected with rods, 63, which may, in turn, be con; nected with the nailing mechanism.

machine I employmeans for coupling and unb, with the shaft, a. the shaft, a, whili the clutch disk, 1 is keyed thereto;

s ring, 60, interposed between the clutch lsk, 1 and a collar, 61, on the shaft tendsto move the clutch disk into engagement with the pulley so as to rigidly connect the. pulley with the driving shaft. The head of the disk P, is grooved at p, and into this groove .ex- 130.

tails of construction of the clutch mechanism are unimportant. Any suitable devices for this purpose may be, employed. The operation of the mechanism, has al.-

ready been indicated, but briefly stated it is as follows: The band res e voir, R, is provided' with a supply of bands sufficient in number to make-a certain number of baskets, and the feed table is fed with'sheets of veneer. The cam and gear wheel, 8, is revolved in the '20 direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1,

and the feeding mech'anismfeeds forward the sheets of. veneer under the cutter, 3, which forms the blanks, X and Y. i I

-The mechanism for actuating the cutter and feeding the-veneer is such that the feed of the veneer stops while the cutter is openating and after the cutter has o erated the feed is resumed. Onev blank, to form one-half of the basket is received on the transferrer, 24, while a blank to formftheother ortion thereof is received on theplates, 28. I lhe blank, 'X, is turned into positlon by the transferrer, 24; While the blank, Y, is not turned. but 7 is fed straight forward, both 35, blanks being moved'into osition vbetween the form and former, as in 'cated in Fig 1. When in this position the transferringdevices rest and the rod, 14, is lifted, causing .the'former, 1-1 ,"to rise and press the blanks, 40' X and. Y, around the form, 10, which has previously had aband, Z, wrapped around it, as will be hereinafter explained. NVhile each set of forms and formers is'receiving a set of blanks the frame, C, is stationary! After a set of blanks has been received and bent around a form, the frame, C, is revolved, and while thus revolving'the forms, 10, are revolved about "their own axes, or about the bdsbes, 10 for the purpose'of applyingjthe outside .barld, Z, to the basket, It should here'be stated-thateach form, 10, before it receives a pair of blanls'X and Y, has a band, Z, Wrapped about it,', which constitutes the inner-band of the basket, and then the blanks 5,) X and Y, are bent around this band, and after'bin sobent thesecond or outside band is appli d, or the same'band bent asecond time aroundthe form outside the bent blanks, X and Y. v It will be observed that the reservoir of the bands, Z, is located just opposite the first mm D in theseries of arms. In the present instance I have: shown six forms and formers.

9. These forms may be said to take six different positions; These positions I have numbered No. 1, No. 2, &c. When a form is in position No; 1 it receives a band, Z, and when it moves from position No. 1, the 'pinion, 39, engages with the. long series of teeth, w and the band is wra ped around the form, the'form'being given t firee-fourths of a rev olution when passing from position No. 1 to, position'No. 2. When the form arrives'at position No. 2 it receives the blanks, X and blanks bent around it by the corresponding former. This operation will also bend the blanks'aroundthe band which was applied to the form in position No. 1. 'Whenpassing from position No. 2to'= position No, 3, onefourth of a revolution is given to the form and the firstpart of the nailing is done at l position No.3. After that one-fourth of a revolution is given to the form when passing from position No. 3 to position No. 4, and

nailingis'done at ositionNo. 4. This op'- 1 eration is repeated until the forin reaches position No. 6 where the last nailing is done; it will be observed that in passing from position No. 1 to position No. 6 the form has been revolved twiceythe band was first wrapped around the form once before the blanks X and Y were bent around it, and by means of the teeth, w, between the positions 2 and 3, 3 and i, &c., another revolution is. given to the form which wraps the band around the outside .of the bla'nks,'X and Y, the band being nailed as fast as itf is applied 1 in this way.- .Assoon as position No. His '100 reached, the former'drops, and then the form proceeds to position No. 1, where the comple'ted basket is ejected, and then the form is ready to receivea new band for a new basket.

.The mechanism: is so'constructed and op-L erated that the several movements take place at the proper times and in the proper order to erform the several 0 erations successivey and, without, 'inter erence'. I have shown six forms and corresponding formers, but any desired number may be employed, the I gearing mechanism being properly changed to change the times of the move- I ment's'of the different parts, to bringth'e mechanism into operation in the proper order. 1 15 I do -not herein claim broad a. screw-for feeding the bands or other parts of the basket, as this subject-matter is claimed broadly in my a plication No. 640,537, filed June 12, 1897. 'n that application the screw-blade is arranged vertically and the bands are. given a quarter turn in being fed,while in this application the bands are not, turned over w ile being fed to theform.

I claim as my invention:- I 1 1. In a basket-making machine,- a plu- I arranged equally distant about'the column,

rali'ty of shaping dies arranged to travel col- T lectivjely an bodily arouiidla common cen- Y, and stops there long enough to have theI" 1 Y ter, in combination with means for revolving the dies individually while moving bodily, substantially as described. ,l I 2. In a basket-making machine, arevolving frame carrying two or more airs of shapin dies adapted to receive etween them t e blanks composing the body portion of the basket, incombination with means for feeding and placing saidblankswise between the dies, and means for actuatmg each pair of dies relatively to each other. it 3. In a basket-making machine, a revolving frame or support carrying two or'mo're sets of shaping es arranged and adapted to tion with means for eriodically arresting the dies, means for fee 'ng bands to the (lies,- a stationary feed table adj acen-t to the path'of the dies, and means for feeding and crossing the blanks for the body portions of the bas k'et in position tobe substantially as described g 4. ha basket-making machine, the combination' of a series of forms and formers arranged .to revolve about a common axis,

means for thus revolving the forms and formrevolving each form about ers, means for its own individual axis, and means for operating the formers.

5. The'combinati on of a series'of forms and formers arranged to revolve about a 1 common axis, means for revolving each form about its own individual axis, means for o erating the formers, an means for supp ying blanks and bands to-the forms.

6. In a basket-making machine, the com bination with a series of dies arranged and adapted to travel bodily around-a common axis, means for alternately stopping the rotation and travel of'the dies, means for feeding the blanks c'omposingfthe body porthe dies, and means for tion of the basket to feeding and applying bands to the inner and. outer ed es of the basket, substantially as describe p 7. The combination of a .pair of shaping dies, means for opening and closing them, a feed table, common means for feeding a pair of superposed sheets of veneer towards the dies, common means for cutting out of said sheets apair "of blanks for the body portion of the basket, means for separating said out blanks, and means or conveying them to and placingv them cross-wise between {the shaping dies,- Y I 8. Thecombination of conveyer having a horizontally arranged seat or holder for a basket-blank, means'for moving said holder horizontally in the arc of a circle-to oonveya blank. into 'position between the bending devices, and means for conveying another blank and placing it crosswise ofv the first mentioned blank between the bending devices. 65 9. The combination of blankbending detravel ,around a common center, in combina operatedon by the dies,

' tioned blank.

"rotation, andmeans for bending devices, a I

vices, a 'feed' table, a conveyer'oscillating in the arc of a circle to convey ablank to the blank bending devices and another conyeyer -moving in a-straight line. to feed another h ank thereto and place it between the bending devices 'oross-wise-of the first mentioned blank: v 10. The combination of the bending devices, thefeedtable, means for-feeding the' stock over the table, a knife for cutting the stock into blanks, the conveyor for the 1 lower. blank, the conveyer for the upper blank, the wed e-shaped. blocks for se arat-g ing the up er lank from the lower lank and for gui ing the upper blank into on the upper conveyer, means for moving one ofthe conveyors to feed a blank be-' tween the bending devices, and means for operating the other conveyor to move a ,to-the bending devices and place it 5 cross-wise of the first menblank between them- 11. The combination ofthe revolvin frame, a formcarried thereby and adapte arouml the axis of the frame, and a pivoted wrapping arm the outer end ofwhich moves toward? and from the form for holding a during the rotationthereof. 5 12. Thev combination of arevoluble form, awrapping arm for holding a band while being Wrapped around theform during its automatically trip ping and opening the arm to receive a band. 0 13. The combination of 'a revoluble form,. a pivoted arm the outer end of which -is movable towards and from ,the arm, arid which holds the band while it is being wrapped aroundthe form during the rota. 6 tion thereof, a roller carried by the arm for guiding the band and means for automatically feeding the-bands successivel to the arm. 1:1. 'The combination of aliand-reservoir which the blanks are arranged verticall ed'gewise, a spirally arranged screw-bla e engaging the bands, and having a horizontal shaft, means for operating the shaft to.

the blanks forward, one at a time, a basket- :form the axis. ofwhich isarranged at substantially right angles to the axis of the screw-blade, and means for directing each blank separated form. 7 i

15. The combination .of a band-reservoinp a spirally arranged screw blade adapted to engage thebands, one at',a time, to feed them forward, ashaft on blade ismounted and which isprovided with a squared or flattened end, a pinion on the shaft, aslotted frameintowhich the squared end of the shaft projects, and a rack carried by this frame engaging the pinions. 130

POSilJiOll 0 to revolve about its axiswhile being carried 6 band while being wrapped around the form having a horizontally arranged bottom on 1 actuate the screw-blade to separate and feed by the screw-blade to i the 2 l which the screw 5" 16. The combination of a band-reservoir having a horizontal bottom on which the blanks are arranged vertically, edgewise, a screw-blade en aging the bands and adapted to-separate and feed them forward, one at a time, a horizontal shaft on which the screw- 2 blade is mounted, means for operating the the blade, a form, the axis of shaft, a follower feeding the-bands beneath which is arranged'at substantially right angles to the axis of the screw-blade, and means for directing each band as it is fed from the reservoir to the form.

. 17. The combination of a reservoir having a horizontal bottom for supporting a series of blanks, and havin ,3 discharge opening for the exit of the b anks, a screw-blade in the reservoir engaging the blanks and I separating and feeding them forward, one at a-time, to the discharge opening, a horizontal shaft on which the screw-bladeis arranged, means for operating the shaft, a form, the :axis of whic is substantially at right angles to the axis of the screw-blade, and a plunger for forcing the blanks through the discharge opening to the form. p

18. The combination of a rotary form I having a holding device for a band, a bandreservoir having a .and causing it horizontal bottom for supportm the bands vert1cally, edgewise, a screw-b ade arranged in the reservolr, a

horizontal shaft to which the screw-blade is secured,.-a follower for feeding the bands to the screw-blade, and a plunger for discharging a band separated by the screw-blade, to enter the holding device on the form. I I

1'9. The combination of a rotary form pro- 1 vided with a band-holding device, a bandreservoir, a screw-blade adapted to separate the bands, one at a time, from the supply,-a

' vices for causing plunger for discharging the separated band from the reservoir and causing it to enter the holding device on the form, and a guide arm en aging the band while held by the band ho ding device.

20. The combination of a revolving frame carrving shaping dies, blank feeding devices l I for feeding blanks to the dies while they are stationary, means for then causing the revolving frame to revolve about its axis,de-

the shaping dies to revolve after having received basket blanks and after the dies are closed, means for applving a band or bands to the inside and outside of .the basket while the revolving frame is revolving and while the shaping dies rotate,

and means for ejecting the completed basket after the form has completed a revoof said sheets a pair of blanks for the body portion of the basket, means for separating said .cut blanks, means for conveying one of saidblanks into position between the shaping dies, and an ose the other blank lating carrier for conveying and placlng 1t crosswlse of ing dies. v

22. The combination of a pair of shaping dies, means for opening and closing them, a receptacle for body blanks, means for conshaping dies, and an oscillating carrier for and placing it crosswise of the first-mentioned blank between said dies. 1

of a band holding hook on the side thereof, and a pivoted spring-pressed dog extending from the form into the hook. i

band holdinghook on the side of the form, meansfor feeding the band into said hook, and a dog movable about an axis parallel with that about which the form rotates, and

the band while in the hooks rotary form and a die, mechanism for conveying and delivering the body blanks of the basket to the form and for crossing them with their ends projecting beyond opposite sides of each other, means for feeding a band to the form, means for rotating the form to wrap the band around it and a band-holder through which the band is drawn while being Wrap ed-around the form and which is movable mde endently of the bending mechanism for ho ding the band 'close to the bending mechanism and means for positively moving said band-holder.

26. The combination with a rotary form, of a band holding hook on the side thereof, a pivoted spring-pressed dog extending from a the form into the hook, and a band-holder movable independently'of the form but which of the form about its axis and holds the band close to the form.

27. The combination of a rotary form, a band holding hook on the side of the form, means for feeding the band into said hook, a dog movable-about an axis parallel with that about which the form rotates and which moves laterally into the hook to grip the band while in the hook, and a band-holder movable independently of the form but which travelsback and forth during each revolution of the form about its axis and holds the band close to the form.

28. The combination of a form mounted to rotate about a vertical axis, a hand holding hook, on the side of the form, means for feeding the band into said hook, a dog extending which moves laterally into the hook .to grip 25. In a basket making machine the combination of forming mechanism comprising a the first-mentioned blank between the shapv veying a blank from the receptacle to the conveying another blank to the shaping dies 23. The combination with a rotary form,

24. The combination of a rotary form, a

travels back and forth during each revolution from the form into the hook and a bandcarryinga blank to the bending mechanism holder movable inde endently of the form and separate means for placing another blank I but which travels-back and forth during each crosswise of the first-mentioned blank with revolution of the form' about its axis and 1 its ends projecting beyond the opposite sides 5 holds the band close to the form. I of said first-mentioned blank. y

.29. In a basket making machine, the coml In testimony, that I claim the foregoing ,as bination of a rotary form, a die cooperating my inyention, I have signed my name in. 5 therewith to bend the body blanks of the resence of two witnesses, this 3rd day of basket to shape, means for feeding bands to eptember, 1898.

10 the form, means for'rotating the 'form to Wrap v EMMIET HORTON a band around itand mechanism for feeding Witnesses: \Y body blanks of the basketto the form and J. T. ROBIsON,

die, said mechanism comprising means for H. M. STEVENSON. 

